Library gateway
Search engines | |
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Library cataloguesearch, renew and reserve music, books and films | |
Online resourcesreference resources and online facilities | |
Ask a Librarian enquiry service | |
Useful links | |
Search engines
- Google www.google.co.uk
- Yahoo http://uk.yahoo.com
- Dogpile www.dogpile.co.uk
- My Guide www.myguide.gov.uk
Email accounts
- My Guide www.myguide.gov.uk
- Hotmail www.hotmail.com
- Yahoo https://login.yahoo.com
- Gmail http://mail.google.com
Free Online subscriptions
- Ancestry www.ancestrylibrary.com
- Driving theory test http://nottscc.theorytestpro.co.uk
- Reference
Encyclopedia Britannica junior (5 - 11)
Encyclopedia Britannica student (12 - 18)
Encyclopedia Britannica general (all ages)
Oxford Reference Online- a collection of 240 reference titles
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - 50,000 biographies
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Art Online - Kompass - online business directory www.kompass.com
- Life in Britain www.220soft.net/nottinghamshire
- Newsbank - a collection of UK newspapers http://infoweb.newsbank.com
- 19th Century British Library Newspapers
Accessing online resources from your home PC
All the online subscriptions are available at home except Ancestry and Newsbank.
To search Oxford Reference Online (ORO)
- click on the ORO link
- in the box for library card login type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
- click on Login or Go
To search Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
- click on the ODNB link
- in the top right hand corner click on subscribers enter here
- type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
To search the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online
- click on the OED link
- click on the enter OED online icon
To search Oxford dictionaries of music or art online
- click on the Oxford music link or click on the Oxford art link
- go to the library barcode user login
- type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
To search Kompass
- click on the Kompass link
- in the login box type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
- click on Go
Library catalogue
search, renew and reserve books, music and film
Ask a Librarian 24/7 enquiry service
Ask a question and your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian that is on duty from anywhere in the country. And when UK libraries are closed your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian in the USA.
website: www.questionpoint.org
Useful links
Advice and voluntary
Basic skills
Blind and visually impaired
Business
Children
Citizenship
Dyslexia
Employment
Gypsy and traveller
Health
Leisure
LGBT
Libraries and museums
Lifelong learning
Local studies
Migrant workers
News
Older people
Quick ref
Reading
Travel and tourism
Young adults
